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I got laid off last year from a 15 year mainframe job, and have been studying C++ with WIN32 and MFC since then. I started learning C# with .NET 2.0 recently, and have reached a fork in the road of my self learning. I read what I could about MCAD, MCTS, and MCPD certifications on MSDN, and bought VS 2005 with MSDN Pro subscription. So, I would prefer to go forward with .NET 2.0 learning than backwards.
Would becoming certified really prove to help me? With so many jobs in my area requiring a BS in CS and x+ years real work experience, I feel I need something to prove that I have ability, but see the MS certifications as being rather platform specific. I am also not sure whether I should take the web or application developer route.
I got into the mainframe stuff after it had really peaked (airline reservation systems and online credit card authorization processing). The market value of that kind of programming has pretty much died, due to mergers and the fact that the work can be done in India.
So, I want to learn stuff that is more on the leading edge, but am wondering if web programming has matured.
A secondary question would be if anyone knows if there are any organizations in Silicon Valley that help with such career decisions and bridge the gap between an individual and the various companies that are hiring?
Thanks.
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Oh, I also don't understand why one would need 2-3 years experience developing web applications (for the MCDP - Web developer one). If you have on the job experience already, you either already know the material or have been doing things another way (like Java). Wouldn't a certification be similar to a degree from a school? How would one even get that first job and then decide later that have a certification would matter over their job experience?
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Help from Visual Studio .net is not working. Can any one help me out.
Thanks in advance
Sampath
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I think you will need to be a little more specific. Is it not installing? Have you looked at the installer logs? What OS are you installing on? Is it just not running? It is hard to read your mind from where i am sitting, so any additional info will help us to help you out. 
Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD MCTS
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I thought I sensed trouble in the force!!
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hi,
iam working with VC++ ,eVC++ and c#.net(window programming)
these languages are have demand or not in future.
Thanks
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Each of those can have many difference markets for use. There are alot of programs that still use VC++ and C# is going strong now too. I do not know much about the embedded VC++ market, but you should be able to find work with any of those languages. Remember there was a ton of work for people that knew that old language COBOL in 1999 and 2000. If VC++ and C# had no demand in the future what would you think would have a better chance? The languages that you use now should be fine.
Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD MCTS
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Hi Prem,
Y u are worried about the future of language? remember 1 thing that the computer will be there till thje end of the world and as per human nature he will keep growing as per time so if u r working vth such languages it may u vll go 4 others in the future. For now i can say that VC++ and c# has very good market. So don't worry
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remember 1 thing that the computer will be there till thje end of the world and as per human nature he will keep growing as per time so if u r working
I am a little worried about that comment, they said the same about million other products that have now fallen by the wayside!! Just because the computer may be around for another 10 years or so. It does not necessarily mean the demand for programmers will be high.
I think, that if you're wondering about the demand for the future, is it is best to keep to a platform neutral language, C++ , but also it entirely depends what you end up working as. Computer landguages and use tend to be product/market/platform specific.
I for one am impressed by the recent increase in Javascript that is encroaching in the market, where interpretted languages is enjoying a slight surge again!!
"a fool will not learn from a wise man, but a wise man will learn from a fool"
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
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Hi guys,
I am thinking of taking MCTS (all of the three Web,Windows and Distributed flavours).
Now, is it worth investing time/money in MCSD.NET as well as MCTS or just do MCTS?
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MCSD.NET is for .NET 1.1 while the MCTS using .NET 2.0. Do you think that it is better for your career to have 1.1 or 2.0 or both?
For me, I am heading to use .NET 2.0 so that MCTS route is what I am going. Of course on the way I did finish up my MCSD.NET, because I has started that before .NET 2.0 was out.
Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD MCTS
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Hi ,
I am supposed to develop a web application in .Net 2.0, which should convert a file of any print support type to TIFF, JPEG, PDF and Text format on demand.
Please suggest me how can accomplish this task.
Thanks and Regards,
Raj.
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Hello,
I have an application in Visual C++ and it was written using VS .NET 2003.
This application is using classes from MFC.
I have the following questions:
1. I want to compile and run this application using Visual C 2005 Express Edition. It is possible?
Because from what I've read I've seen that Express Edition doesn't have support
for MFC and can be used only for applications written for framework 2.0
I've tried to install Microsoft Platform SDK, but I didn't obtained any results.
It seems that this SDK brings some MFC libraries but nothing that I need.
In conclusion I want to know for sure if it's possible to use Express Edition for the development of application above?
2. I've tried to compile the code with Visual C 2005 Professional Edition but
I had some errors. This wouldn't be a problem if don't have to work in same time
with some guys which are using VS 2003.
I have to work in paralel at least for a period on the same sources with different people
some in VS 2005 and others in 2003.
There is a setting or some way to force VS 2005 compiler to run as a VS 2003 compiler?
Thx!
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dstefan82 wrote: This application is using classes from MFC.
I have the following questions:
1. I want to compile and run this application using Visual C 2005 Express Edition. It is possible?
No. MFC is not included in the Express Editions...
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Hello everyone, i was asked in an interview which one would i choose- Win32 or .Net?? can anyone tell me how to answer the question and how to justify the answer.. thank u..
vijay
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That would depend entirely upon the problem.
There's no easy answer. The best you can do is know both systems and understand when you should use either of them. That's what your interviewer was trying to find out, if you knew enough about both.
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Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket?
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any one who known software requirment sepecifiation of airport restaurant management system
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jitenderbansal wrote: any one who known software requirment sepecifiation of airport restaurant management system
If this is for a client, you need to ask them what their requirements are. SRS is specific for a project and I don't know of any one generic SRS. Every SRS I've done has required some form of requirements gathering...
If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa
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Fabio Panzavolta wrote: my company has merged with another in the same businness
Bummer, I've never been through a merger that has worked well...
"I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you."
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koistya wrote: contact me for more info and a proof of my skills.
You can't even figure out how to "use" this web site! Even when someone GAVE YOU[^] the answer.
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I have to write certification exam for vc++ 6.0
Can anybody tell name of the exam and books to study and also the cost of the exam?
Anu
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The exams for VC6 were discontinued as of June 30, 2004. You might be able to still find some of the books if you want to study them, but there is no test from Microsoft that will give you a certification with them anymore. The newest .NET 2.0 exams do allow you to use C++, but that would be Managed C++.
Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD MCTS
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Thanks for your reply.And one more doubt also Im newer vc++ so i think to write certification exam.Its ok.But i searched about this in net it shows two exams as vc++ desktop applications(70-016)and vc++ Distributed applications(70-015).Whats the differnce between this two?
Is the book is good for my coding practices?Can i buy that and study for my career?
Anu
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Those exams are retired and cannot be taken anymore. Studying from the certification books and practicing with the compiler would help you in your career because you are getting better (thru the practicing). As I said before, the newest .NET exams also allow you to take it using C++, but you have to know .NET for those.
With you being new to C++ I would not concentrate on getting a certification. You can get the books to help you, but the books are focused on the exams, not on how to use the tools and language the best. I am sure that you should be able to find some generic VC++ or C++ books to study from. Also taking a look at the articles here on CodeProject can help. Ask programming questions in the programming forums here. But remember that it takes alot of practice to get good at things and programming is the same. I would not waste the money on exams yet. Get familar with every first.
Steve Maier, MCSD MCAD MCTS
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